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The latest edition of our monthly cookbook giveaway will see the lucky and randomly-selected winner walk home with a copy of The I Love Trader Joe’s Vegetarian Cookbook. The paperback tome is packed with about 200 glossy pages featuring photos and recipes of dishes that all utilize the unique selection of foods available at the store that has inspired a near cult-like following. For the record, this is an ‘unauthorized’ book, meaning the Trader Joe’s folks in no way sign… Read More »

April is here, and our monthly cookbook giveaway rolls on! Launched in January, our monthly contest is a chance to get your hands on a copy of the tasty tomes that come across our desk here at Port City Foodies. Our randomly-selected March winner, Terry Swiney, nabbed a copy of “Southern Biscuits” by Nathalie Dupree. Just in time for everyone to fire up those grills, this time around we’re handing out “The Butcher’s Guide to Well-Raised Meat” by Joshua and Jessica Applestone.… Read More »

March has arived, and around this neck of the woods that means it’s time to give away another cookbook! Launched in January, our monthly contest is a chance to get your hands on a copy of the tasty tomes that come across our desk here at Port City Foodies. Our randomly-selected February winner, Jane Parent, is taking home a copy of Carla Hall’s Cooking with Love. For March, get ready to fire up the oven and start hoarding butter, as… Read More »

Many congrats to Kelly Baker, the randomly selected winner of our first cookbook giveaway! She was able to take home a copy of Michael Symon’s Carnivore simply by jumping over to our Facebook page and signing up. Well, February is another month, so that means it’s time to move on to another book. This time around we’re giving away Carla Hall’s new title, Cooking with Love. Seems appropriate, given the impending tsunami of sweetness that is Valentine’s Day. It’s an… Read More »

If there’s one thing we love around here almost as much as enjoying a hot homemade meal, it’s burying our noses in a good cookbook looking for inspiration to make the next feast even more special. To that end, I’m happy to announce that the Port City Foodies crew is kicking off a monthly cookbook giveaway today. We’re starting off with a copy of Michael Symon‘s new title, Carnivore. If it sounds familiar, that’s because it came in pretty handy while… Read More »

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Welcome to the StarNews food blog – where we focus on the fine, not-so-fine and just plain funky eats in the Cape Fear region. We cover all sorts of edible tidbits: restaurant buzz, interesting ingredients (and how to use them), recipes, great deals and more.